Letter: Jim Duncan doesn't live in State Assembly District 57

I was dumbfounded to learn that Mr. Jim Duncan is running for State Assembly District 57, where I live. Did he forget where he lives?

Something terrible must have happened to Mr. Duncan’s memory, because he has spent decades living in Grand Chute. Yet there is not one bit of Grand Chute in District 57. If Mr. Duncan would just check a map, he would see that his house is, instead, most definitely in District 55.

Having aged, like me, maybe Mr. Duncan gets confused by names. But as head of the Outagamie Republican Party, Mr. Duncan should at least remember the name of his Republican representative, and surely he voted for Mr. Rohrkaste in the last election. Besides the names “Amanda Stuck” and “Mike Rohrkaste” don’t sound anything alike.

But let’s be fair. Mr. Duncan probably didn’t get lost or confuse names. So what causes him to run for a district that he doesn’t live in? Sadly, the only motive that comes to mind is that of polarizing politics — a ploy to confuse voters and poke a representative from the other party in the eye.

That is not what the voters of District 57 want. They want a representative who is their neighbor, not an outsider; and they want someone one who will represent their interests over party politics.

Richard Schoenbohm,

Appleton

Editor's Note: A Post-Crescent reporter reached out to Duncan for comment. He said that he would move into District 57 if elected.